Science Assessment Item Collaborative Item Specifications Guidelines

The Science Assessment Item Collaborative (SAIC) Item Specifications Guidelines document (hereafter referred to as the “Item Specifications Guidelines”) has been developed as a companion document to the Science Assessment Item Collaborative Assessment Framework (hereafter referred to as the “Assessment Framework”). Together, these documents address the major issues facing state education agencies (SEAs) and other entities that are implementing new science standards by documenting the processes needed to guide the development of assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).